The behavior of hysteretic, coupled elastic and fluid systems is modeled. The emphasis is on quasistatic equilibrium in response to prescribed chemical potential (μ) protocols and prescribed stress (σ) protocols. Hysteresis arises in these models either from the presence of hysterons or from the presence of self-trapping internal fields. This latter mechanism is modeled in finite element calcul...

In this work, measurement of the single-molecule magnet (SMM) spin state using a microstrip resonator is considered theoretically. An analysis of the SMM spin dynamics and the interaction between the microstrip and the SMM is presented. The interaction of the SMM with the microstrip causes a shift of the microstrip resonance frequency. An analytic expression for the maximum frequency shift is d...

Human infants actively forage for visual information from the moment of birth onward. Although we know a great deal about how stimulus characteristics influence looking behavior in the first few postnatal weeks, we know much less about the intrinsic dynamics of the behavior. Here we show that a simple stochastic dynamical system acts quantitatively like 4-week-old infants on a range of measures...

Monte Carlo simulations of a model for g-Fe2O3 ~maghemite! single particle of spherical shape are presented aiming at the elucidation of the specific role played by the finite size and the surface on the anomalous magnetic behavior observed in small particle systems at low temperature. The influence of the finite-size effects on the equilibrium properties of extensive magnitudes, field coolings...

In a conceptual model of global atmospheric circulation, the effects of annually periodic driving are investigated. The driven system is represented in terms of snapshot attractors, which may remain fractal at all times. This is due to the transiently chaotic behavior in the regular parameter regimes of the undriven system. The driving with annual periodicity is found to be relatively fast: The...

We investigate hysteretic behavior in two dynamic models for solid-solid phase transitions. An elastic bar with a nonconvex double-well elastic energy density is subjected to time-dependent displacement boundary conditions. Both models include inertia and a viscous stress term that provides energy dissipation. The first model involves a strain-gradient term that models interfacial energy. In th...

in this paper the optimal design of a dissipator made of aluminium and steel and principallysubjected to shear forces and the preliminary results of the characterization tests are described.the device has been designed on the basis of an optimization procedure with the objective tomaximize the energy dissipated in the device. the response of a 3d frame equipped with thedevice and subjected to 7...

Hysteresis phenomena were demonstrated in the excitability of single, enzymatically dissociated guinea pig ventricular myocytes. Membrane potentials were recorded with patch pipettes in the whole-cell current-clamp configuration. Repetitive stimulation with depolarizing current pulses of constant cycle length and duration but varying strength led to predictable excitation (1:1) and nonexcitatio...

Appearance of a lag period dependent on pH in the expression of the catecholase activity of a polyphenoloxidase extracted in a latent state from Airen grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berries, is revealed, suggesting the hysteretic nature of the enzyme. The lag time was independent of enzyme concentration, indicating that slow pH-induced conformational changes in the protein must occur during assay. R...

The phenomenon of capillary condensation is studied through the weight change of condensed phase in an internally wetted porous pd catalyst pellet during the course of exothermic reacation of cyclohexane hydrogenation in a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). The direct measurement of condensed phase indicates that evaporation of condensed phase is confined to the macropores of catalyst pellet at ...